Garment



W. DANIEL April 2, 1935.

GARMENT Filed Nov 6, 1954 ATTORNEYS.

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Patented Apr. 2, 1935 t r r r William Daniel, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignorto i V l Greenhill & Daniel, Inc BrooklymN. Y., a corporatiomof New York1 a a 7 Application ov mber 6, 1934; Serial no. inset" j i My inventionrelates to anew and-improved nee-ted at "the innersurfacesfofthegarmentby garment. IOODS a One of the objects of myinventionlis-to provide As shown for example in Fig. l the upper endimprovedbathingsuittrunks.v

r of-the-garm'ent has its edge turned downwardly Another object of myinventionds ,toprovide and apartiof'said downwardly turned edge por- 5an improved waist construction for a nether tion isconnected-to'thebodyof the garmentby garment, such as bathing suittrunks or the like; means of lines or. stitches l4 and Ma; these 'be-Another object of my invention is to: provid ing connected by loops Lat'theinner surface'of an improved belt construction, for a nether earthe garmen I J ment such as bathing suit trunksandthelike; As shownindetail, in=Fig. 4, the front wall of 10 Another object of my inventionis to-provid a the garmentis formed withitwo concave recesses. beltconstruction which shall be, efiiicientfland A- QDQrtion of the upperedge of the g rme t, iS which shall have an ornamental appearance,downwardly turned 50 as to mi i bfiiby said belt construction comprisinga. plurality of means of which a ring I6 is connected to this 15 guidemembers together with belt loops. p t of the garmenll- 5 Other objectsoi my invention will be set forth The upp d s o t e garment are w wa inthe following description and drawing which 15! turned and finished aspreviously mentioned, illustrates a preferred embodiment thereof, it bore t e ab 5 s me y w w l being understood that the above statements ofturning a po o o t pp 0f the the objects of my invention are intended togenment- 20 V erally explain the same without limiting it in any The in"5 is made f metal r lluloid r ny manner. other suitable material, andit can be turned in Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved gari sown plane a v to th a m nt, as th nment. 7 nection which is provided bythe tab i5 is sum- Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of Fig. 1. n y l s for ths pu p 5 Fig. 3 is a top plan view, After part of the upper edge of thegarment: Fig.4is an enlarged detail front elevation of the has beenfinished y means Of e Stitches l4 garment, the belt having been removed.a I t c e o th f t of t pp The garment generally comprises m; part edgeof the garment are turned laterally, in order and a rear part and it iformed th 19g members to form tabs l1 and I'm. The edges of said tabs 30v l and 2, The body of t garment is made in [5 and I! and Ila arestitched to the body of the any suitable manner. garment. I

The lower edges of the leg portions are jnturned A ring I8 is held inpositionvby means of the and said inturned portions are connected to thetab and a ring law is held in Desition by means body of the garment bymeans of stitches 3 and of the tab said rings and are also 35 3a,turnable since they are connected loosely to the Each wall of thegarment is also provided with garmentvertical lines of stitches 4 and4a. Said lines of In this Particular embdiment the belt stitches arevisible at the exterior of the front her H is made of a cord but Sambelt member 40 wall and of the rear wall of the garment. At the could ofany ffyperor Shape' 40 inside surface of the front wall, and at theinside In thls embodlment I have shown two Sepa" surface of the rearwall, said stitches are conrate belt m i nected by transverse loops,which are of the type As s.hown the rear W of the gar- Ofthe loops LShown in Fig 4 rzrent 1s provided with a plurality1 of belt loops Thecrotch of the garment extends up to the be igg zg deslred number be MOPS01 ii Referring to each of the belt members H,this In S construtztlonthe garfnent 15 made i of is passed through a loop 20, then through thetwo pieces of fabnc A and Band these two pieces ring '6, then throughand around the ring vmy of fabric have their. edges mturned, said edgesback through the ring '6, and back through the 5 are connected bythrough-and-through stitches, Same 1 z The belt member is therefore andthe garment is then finished by the lines of formed i t 1 ,1; end of s100p being Stitches 5 and 4a and the loops around the wall of the ringl8. The outer ends The side seams of the garment are formed of the twobelt members are then tied together by the lines of Stitches 8 a d 8%these be g 0011- or secured in any suitable manner if desired.

After the garment has been put 'on, the belt members can be tied orconnected in any suitable manner at the rear of the garment.

The rings 18 and law are preferably smaller than the ring l6 and saidrings l8 and |8a can be made of any suitable material, either rigid ornon-rigid. Likewise the ring [6 could be made of non-rigid material ifdesired.

While I have shown ring-shaped members l6, l8 and [8a, these may be ofany form. The garment may be made of any suitable knitted or wovenmaterial, said material preferably having a certain longitudinalelasticity and having 'a much greater transverse elasticity. V

The belt loops 20 have their upper ends connected to the waist portionof the garment at about the level of the lines of stitches 3,0 and a;Said lines of stitches 30 and 30a connect part of the inturned upperedge of the garment to the body thereofa Additional stitches 4B and 40amay be used for connecting the loops 20 to the rear wall of the garment.H

While I have specified that the eye-members or rings are located atthefront of the garment, it would not be departing from the invention ifthis relationship were reversed and saideyemembers were located at therear wall of the garment. V p 4 I have shown a preferred embodiment ofmy invention, but it is clear'that'numerous changes and omissions can bemade without departing from its spirit.

serves to anchor the inner end of said loop, said belt-member alsopassing slidably through the first mentioned eye-member.

2. A garment of the class described having a waist portion, said waistportion being provided withan eye-member at the front wall thereof, saidwaistportion also having additional eye- -members located at each sideof the first mentioned eye-member, said garmenthaving a pair ofloop-shaped belt members, each said loop shaped belt member passingthrough and around one of said additional eye-members sothat the wallofsaid eye-member is between the two parts of the loop and saidadditional eye-member serves toanchor the inner end of said loop, saidbelt-member also passingslidably through the firstmentioned eye-member,said garment also having a belt loop at'the rear wall of the waistportionthereof, and through which the belt member passes. 1

WILLIAM DANIEL.

